The National Geographic Magazine
Ceremonial Mourners Mass for a Long-postponed Burial Entombment in the Cliff
Photographs 1)y Helene 1islcher
They Drink a Bullock's Blood to Honor the Dead
Friends arrive from far and near, bringing bulls for the festival. Honored tribesmen slaughter the
animals by cutting their throats. While this bull yet struggles, natives with bamboo containers are
catching the spurting blood.